Office of Emergency Services

It is our goal to serve the community of Brisbane by providing timely and complete emergency preparedness information, which we hope will help guide you in preparing yourself and your loved ones, should an emergency situation ever arise in our city.

Office of Emergency Services encourages every resident to take the first step of emergency preparedness and sign up for the free notification system on local emergencies and events, SMC Alert. To sign up visit www.smcalert.info or text your five digit zip code to 888777.

We want to also take this opportunity to stress that in the event of a major emergency, the City will be utilizing SMCAlert to notify the Community of any emergency information. Check out the newly-revamped site, www.smcready.org, where you can get connected, gather supplies, read stories, and make a plan for you and your loved ones today.

Everyone is encouraged to take this interactive quiz to test your quake knowledge and learn how you can get prepared for an earthquake: quakequizsf.org

Imagine that you have no electricity, no gas, no water, and no telephone service. Imagine that all businesses are closed and you are without any kind of emergency service. What will you do until help arrives? Are you prepared if this hypothetical becomes a reality?

Brisbane is exposed to a wide variety of hazards, both natural and man-made. Earthquakes, fires, severe storms, and power outages, are just to name a few of the potential emergencies we may encounter. Any of these could quickly overwhelm local resources.

Mandate Chapter 2.28 of the Brisbane Municipal code created the office of Director of Emergency Services, and states that the purposes of that chapter are "...to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property within the city in the event of an emergency; the direction of the emergency organization; and the coordination of the emergency functions of the city with all other public agencies, corporations, organizations, and affected private persons."